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English
Noun
kimona (plural kimonas)
- Alternative form of kimono
- July 1934, Bill Williams, "Sweet Sue", 10 Story Book, page 4
- Sue let her kimona flap open enticingly.
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish kimona, from kimono + -a, from Japanese 着物 (kimono). Doublet of kimono, a later borrowing. Potet (2016) remarks that the last vowel in 着物 (kimono) was mistaken for the masculine -o ending in Spanish, so the Spanish feminine -a ending was appended to this word.
Pronunciation
Noun
kimona (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋᜓᜈ)
- traditional short-sleeved loose woman's blouse made of piña or jusi (usually with a wide neck and short, wide sleeves, and worn with a long, wide skirt)
See also
Further reading
- “kimona”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 344
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